::snipping2::The gut feeling that there are more bodies hidden along the shores of Long Island has police going to extraordinary lengths to scour the area for remains. The lone road through the area was expected to be closed down for several hours today as an FBI plane with sophisticated cameras and sonar is scheduled to join the search.

Police divers returned to Hemlock Cove for a second day, a body of water near where some of the bodies have been found. Police sources told ABC News that they are searching the cove in the belief that storms that lash the barrier island may have washed evidence, or bodies, into the water.

Searchers on foot are still combing the thick scrub and a WABC chopper today spotted officials taking a large black bag and several canvas bags from the brush and putting them in the back of a truck. Whatever was in the bags had been found in the brush.

Investigative sources also tell ABC News that they are increasingly convinced that they are finding the victims of a serial killer and a second killer. ::snipping2::t was revealed on Tuesday that the serial killer may have dismembered several of his victims, law enforcement authorities have told ABC News. ABC News has also learned that at least one of the victims died by "homicidal asphyxiation," which could mean strangulation or being smothered.

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The source said during police fly-overs this week, a lot of bags were spotted among debris in the dense vegetation, which investigators want to examine to see if they contain remains.

Investigators are also analyzing the burlap bag packaging that held some of the remains for clues and combing over cell phone records and the internet for any leads. The four identified women were known prostitutes who advertised on the internet.

Investigators using old fashion leg-work and technology are also trying to trace the movements of the four women who have been identified, talking to their family members, friends, anyone involved in the lives of the victims for information they may lead them to their killer.

More than 600 hundreds calls have been received by Nassau and Suffolk detectives even several callers from overseas, offering tips and suggesting strategies for finding the serial killer. Mostly all of the leads are being run to ground, sources said. They are also examining old cases of serial killers to see if a link can be established.

So far there are no active suspects.

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::snipping2::Authorities believe Shannan Gilbert of New Jersey, who went missing in May 2010, was a victim of a suspected serial killer targeting prostitutes who advertised on Craigslist. They believe she was visiting a male customer in the seaside neighborhood of Oak Beach on Long Island.

Oak Beach resident Gus Colleti, 75, said he saw the terrified girl shortly before she went missing.

"I opened up the door and she just came inside yelling 'Help me, help me, help me,'" Coletti told Reuters.

"She came running to my house screaming for help," he said. "I called the police and she ran out the door."

Shortly after Colleti called police, he said he walked outside to find a man searching for Gilbert."He said he was having a party that Gilbert was at and she got upset," he said. "The man said he was trying to get her to come back."

That's when Colleti said he saw Gilbert sprint away from a nearby boat she was hiding under and the man looking for her run after her.

"That's the last I saw of them," he said.

Authorities declined to comment on whether or not the man Colleti saw is a suspect in the case.More...

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HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. -- A prosecutor says human remains that have been found along a New York beach highway -- including the head of a prostitute missing since 2003 -- are the work of at least two killers.More..

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Gilgo Beach murders: Police ID a fifth victim5.9.11In a breaking update to the Long Island serial killer case, police announced today that more than one killed is apparently using Long Island barrier beaches as a dumping ground for dead bodies.

Just today, police also identified some of the remains they found in March on the beaches near Gilgo Beach and Jones Beach.

Police identified remains found in March as body parts of Jessica Taylor, a missing prostitute.

In 2003, Taylor's body was found in Manorville, Long Island -- but her head, hands and forearm were missing. It is those missing body parts that police found on March 29 on Ocean Parkway.

Two NYPD cops are being eyed in the Long Island serial slayings after investigators learned they got into trouble for hiring prostitutes while working for the department, according to sources familiar with the probe.

One cop was forced out of the job in the 1990s when his supervisors learned he spent time pursuing hookers and paying street walkers and down-and-out women for sex while he was supposed to be on patrol.

An internal investigation led to his resigning under pressure, one source said.

The other officer still works for the NYPD but was stripped of his gun and badge years ago because he allegedly assaulted a prostitute and got arrested during a sting operation.

I would bet anything that these cops knew each other. This is sickening that it's Law Enforcement that might be involved in these murders.

The cops are getting just as bad as the criminals themselves today.

I have been following the most recent case regarding the two cops that raped the girl who they helped in her house and went back 4 times. Joe Tacopina is their attorney and he makes me sick to my stomach the things he said about that young girl. The cops story was so outrageous it's an insult to our intelligence.

I would bet anything that these cops knew each other. This is sickening that it's Law Enforcement that might be involved in these murders.

The cops are getting just as bad as the criminals themselves today.

I have been following the most recent case regarding the two cops that raped the girl who they helped in her house and went back 4 times. Joe Tacopina is their attorney and he makes me sick to my stomach the things he said about that young girl. The cops story was so outrageous it's an insult to our intelligence.